Application
Development
Chapman Corporation – 08/2002 to
Present
Internal
Applications
FileNet Totals
A small utility that allows
production supervisors to inspect a batch at any time in the Capture
process and obtain a complete picture of what processes have been
completed, any errors encountered, indices applied,
etc.
Visual Basic 6.0 and FileNet Capture
Toolkit
Export (CMD file
Generator)
Certain projects required conversion to PDF
after the capture process. As
batches are committed the documents are added to a FileNet Queue. The application examines the queue
contents and builds an export command script to be used as input to the
FileNet DDTS utility. Once
the script is completed, the entries are removed from the
queue.
Visual Basic 6.0 and FileNet Capture
Toolkit
WESCO AP Check Import
Check images are available from the customer’s
banks, but are delivered in multiple formats, requiring multiple Search
and Retrieval (SAR) applications in order to view them. The Import application takes the
images and index info from the various sources and imports them into a
FileNet repository in a common format, thus allowing access from a single
unified SAR application. In
addition, as each set of customer checks are imported into the system, an
index export file is generated and is automatically transmitted to the
customer via FTP. This allows
the customer to track which checks have cleared the bank and have images
on file.
Visual Basic 6.0 and FileNet Capture
Toolkit
Citizens Library Custom Indexing
The application provided the index
operator with a view of the image and the ability to enter form one (1) to
N indices for each document.
The indices were stored in an Access Database and are distributed
on CD with the custom Search and Retrieval (SAR)
application.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/MS Access and Kodak
Imaging
ChapCapture – Custom Replacement for FileNet
Capture
A custom capture front end was
written to replace the native FileNet Capture application. The custom
application provides project-by-project control over the capture process
and controls the flow of batches to the appropriate operator and
phase. The application
transparently connects the operator to the correct FileNet server. The application includes modules
for Scan, Rescan, Image Verify, Indexing, Index Verify, Quality Assurance
and Committal. The
application also includes a suite of administrative tools including
project configuration, user access rights, batch manipulation (delete,
rename, move, unlock) and backend processing
configuration.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/Oracle and FileNet Capture
Toolkit
Backend Image Processor
Several customers require that the electronic
images be delivered back to them is specific formats (PDF Image Only, PDF
Image and Hidden Text, Single Pages TIFF and multi-page TIFF). The customer requirements may also
dictate specific file naming and directory structures. The backend Image Processor is a
database driven application that interfaces with ChapCapture and FileNet
to accomplish those goals.
As batches are committed into the
FileNet Repositories, the Database us updated with information related to
the number of documents and pages, along with the document names and what
type of backend processing is required, if any. The backend processor periodically
scans for new batches that require processing. The batch is locked, processed and
marked with completion status.
The system design will accommodate any number of backend servers
(the initial rollout has two) and each server can be configured as to
which conversions it will perform.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/Oracle and AdLib Express Server API and
FileNet IDM Desktop Toolkit
Backend Monitor
The Backend Monitor works
hand-in-hand with the Backend Processor to provide a real-time window into
the backend processing operations.
The application displays pending, processing, completed and error
batches. From each queue, the
operator can perform operations appropriate to the state of the
batch. For example, the
operator can cancel, adjust priority or view batch details. A batch that had errors can be
inspected for the cause of the error and once corrected, the entire batch
or only the problem documents can be resubmitted for reprocessing. The application can be deployed on
any desktop in the network, allowing for project managers and supervisors
to monitor progress.
Visual Basic 6.0 and ADO/Oracle
Image Viewer Suite (based on FileNet, Kodak and Kofax image
viewers)
Custom SAR applications are
delivered to customers with varying requirements and system
architectures. In order to
provide a consistent set of capabilities and look-and-feel to the
applications, a set of viewer controls were developed based on the three
most often delivered viewer technologies. Another benefit of this effort is
that the common programming interface allows an existing SAR app to be
quickly ported to another customer.
Visual Basic 6.0, Kodak Imaging, FileNet and Kofax Image
Controls
Custom Image Extraction and Viewer Utility for
BelTek
This application is a customized ,
special purpose version of the Backend Image processing application that
was written to address the very specific needs of a customer, that has no general
purpose application.
Visual Basic 6.0 and ADO/Oracle
Standalone Image Export Utility
This is a stand-alone version of the Backend
Processor that is designed to allow any document in the various
repositories to be extracted, on demand, to meet ad-hoc customer
requests.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/Oracle, AdLib Express Server API and
FileNet IDM Desktop Toolkit
TIFF Splitter (Multi to single-page)/TIFF Join (Single to
Multi-page)
A general purpose imaging utility to split or
join Tiff Images.
Visual Basic 6.0 and Kodak Imaging
FileNet Prefetch
This application allows for the selective
prefetch of documents to Server Cache. The documents are located using
the familiar “FileNet Find” interface.
Visual Basic 6.0 and FileNet IDM Desktop
Toolkit
Pareso and Brown Auto-Index
This utility examines the contents of an export
directory that has been created by the Backend Processing application,
reads the Index export file, inserts records into an Access database, then
moves the exported TIFF file to a directory for subsequent CD
mastering.
Visual Basic 6.0 and ADO/Oracle
Hamilton County Sheriffs’ Office
Conversion
Utility application to extract FileNet Banded
Tiff images from customer supplied Translog surfaces and convert to
multi-page Tiff Group 4.
Indices were extracted to an Access database per surface. 404,200 Documents were imported
into FileNet and extracted.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/Oracle/MS Access and FileNet IDM Desktop
Toolkit
Westinghouse SGL Conversion
Utility application to extract FileNet Banded
Tiff images from a FileNet repository and convert to PDF. Indices were extracted to an
Access database. 377,412
documents containing 7,405,786 pages were exctrated, converted from Banded
Tiff to Tiff Group 4, then to PDF.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/Oracle.MS Access, AdLib Express Server
API and FileNet IDM DesKtop Toolkit
Maintenance and Upgrades of various in-house Step2000/Flotiva
Apps
Perform routine maintenance and upgrades to
applications developed in Step2000/Flotiva environment. Applications include Chapman
Accounts Payables Application, IETD Department Time Reporting and the
Washington Hospital Records Management/Inventory
systems.
Step2000/Flotiva
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Customer
Applications
WESCO Tax Department Imaging
Application
Companies are required to collect
state sales and use taxes from their customers. However, there are
situations (government, resale, etc.) where the customer is exempt from
paying the tax. The onus is
on the supplier to prove during, an audit, that all exempt customers are
indeed exempt by producing an exemption form for each non-taxable
customer. This can become
quite onerous for a large distribution company that does business in all
50 states and has over 300 branches.
In order to organize all certificated in a single location and to
expedite their retrieval, a system was designed to scan, index and store
the images in a single repository, along with a customized Search and
Retrieval application. The
SAR application provides flexible search capabilities, exporting and
emailing of selected images.
The system also provides similar functionality for cataloging
branch tax reports.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/Oracle and FileNet IDM Desktop
Toolkit
WESCO AP Check Viewer
WESCO Accounts Payable department
had a need to search and view and print/email check images from several
banking institutions. Images
were being received in different formats, requiring multiple applications
to be utilized to view and print check images. The solution was to have all check
images delivered to Chapman Corporation to be warehoused in a FileNet
repository. The search and
retrieval application allows the user to search for a check image by check
number and bank and displays both sides of the check. The check images can be printed,
exported to TIFF and emailed.
Visual Basic, Oracle and FileNet IDM Desktop
Toolkit
CBS/Viacom FileNet Embedded Linker/Viewer
CBS/Viacom makes extensive use of
the Lotus Notes product in the course of their daily activities. In an earlier FileNet product
(Workforce Desktop), the ability to embed links to documents was provided
as an add-in to Notes. After
that product hit EOL, that capability was dropped from the new product
(Panagon IDM Desktop). The
customer had resisted upgrading their systems to avoid the loss of Notes
Integration. However, the old
product could not be successfully installed on Windows 2000, which had
become the corporate standard.
To Allow CBS to move forward without the loss of Notes Integration,
an embeddable OLE automation server was developed using the FileNet IDMDT
Toolkit and MS-Visual C++ that not only provided the necessary
functionality, but integrated the document search facilities as well. The new linker is compatible with
any application that acts as an OLE
container.
Visual C++ and FileNet IDM Desktop
Toolkit
CBS/Viacom FileNet Custom Print
The Custom Print application
provides batch document printing services and consists of a client piece
that resides on the PC of each user requiring FileNet Print Services and A
server module that resides on the Print server. The client module allows the user
to enter Document ID’s by either direct entry or by using the search
control. Once a batch is
built, it is submitted to the server for processing. The server module submits the
documents to the FileNet Print service and allows monitoring of the
progress of the print job.
Visual Basic 6.0, FileNet IDM Desktop Toolkit and FileNet
Print 4.2
DigiSearch
The DigiSearch application was
developed to provide common, configurable Search and Retrieval
capabilities to customers that wanted to scan their documents to
electronic format, but did not want to invest in an EDMS or a shared Data
Warehouse solution.
Visual
Basic 6.0, ADO/MS Access
Citizens Library Records Search &
Retrieval
An implementation of the
DigiSearch Application
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/MS Access
Pareso and Brown Medical Records Search &
Retrieval
An implementation of the
DigiSearch Application.
Imaging, Search and Retrieval of inactive and deceased medical
records.
Visual Basic 6.0, ADO/MS Access
Medical Records Request System
Designed and implemented a web based medical
records request system for The Washington Hospital. The purpose is to allow staff of
the records management department to search for and request medical
records that are warehoused at Chapman Corporation. Pull sheets and transmittals are
generated periodically by a back-end Flotiva
application.
Macromedia Dreamweaver,
ASP/VBScript/JavaScript and ADO/Oracle
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